See the world from up excessive on the Nice Prosser Balloon Rally.
September straddles summer season and fall, taking the most effective from every: contemporary fruit, cider, outside festivals, and delicate temperatures. Strike out throughout Washington for conventional and offbeat celebrations.
Pig Out within the Park
via sept 2 | Spokane
It is simple to pig out in Spokane’s Riverfront Park, because of 65 meals cubicles and 5 beverage gardens. Want a break from the nosh? Free live shows run all weekend, and native distributors span the river banks.
Packwood Flea Market
via sept 2 | packwood
The Rainier space…for buying? Yep. Because the Nineteen Seventies, tiny Packwood has performed host to one of many area’s largest flea markets, occupying over a mile-long stretch of actual property simply south of Mount Rainier. Treasure abounds, from classic clothes to family staples.
Huckleberry Pageant
SepT 6–8 | Bingen
Down on the Columbia River, tiny Bingen has been celebrating the huckleberry since 1962. The family-friendly weekend includes a cornhole event and reptile present, plus native bands headlined by a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute outfit. Huckleberry pies and ice cream predictably take culinary middle stage.
Arts-a-Glow
Sept 7 | burien
The theme is glow at midnight at Burien’s annual arts fest dedicated to mild installations. The night occasion stretches indoors and out, together with an evening market and a number of other open-late museums, all centered round City Sq. Park. It is BYO lantern or different light-up doodad; pre-festival workshops have you ever lined.
Northwest Garlic Pageant
Sept 14 & 15 | Ocean Park
Held on the Lengthy Seaside Peninsula—garlic goes properly with shellfish, keep in mind—the pageant gathers artisans and meals distributors; vampires are the one ones not invited. Garlic-themed costumes abound, as do whipped, pickled, minced, and creamed variations of the plant—even garlic-flavored ice cream was a part of final yr’s menu.
The Washington State Honest runs in Puyallup.
Washington State Honest
via Sept 22 | Puyallup
It is that point once more. The annual fall honest is the state’s greatest, despite the fact that up till a decade in the past it was generally known as the Puyallup Honest. That is the place for Fisher scones and the skyride, large identify performances and massive rides. Child-friendly “SillyVille” lets the littlest fairgoers faux play as a farmer in a make-believe dairy barn, hen coop, and bee field.
The Nice Prosser Balloon Rally
sept 27–29 | prosser
‘Tis the season for cider festivals, beginning with one on Whidbey Island.
Whidbey Island Cider Pageant
Sept 28 | greenbank
Like a fruitier precursor to subsequent month’s Oktoberfest, Whidbey Island’s annual salute to cider has apple and pear varieties, many from native makers—plus some mead and common beer. Native bands play the occasion, together with a gaggle dedicated to sailor songs.
